I'm a pretty big noob when it comes to desktop computers, as for the majority of my life I had a laptop, and only a few years ago did I get a gaming laptop, which I traded for my gaming desktop I currently use right now.
My computer has a GTX 1070ti, Core i5-4590, and 8 gigs of ram. I upgraded from an R9 280 to a 1070ti.
Yet I noticed, even with one of the top-of-the-line graphics cards, some of my games, which aren't even extremely graphical intensive (like Miscreated, Cities: Skylines, etc) lag and stutter when a lot is on the screen. So I went and did some research, and a lot of people have said upgrading to 16 gigs is necessary in 2018, but it's so expensive, others have said a new CPU like an i7 is ideal. Which should I get? It's one or the other, as RAM is EXTREMELY expensive right now.
My computer has a GTX 1070ti, Core i5-4590, and 8 gigs of ram. I upgraded from an R9 280 to a 1070ti.
Yet I noticed, even with one of the top-of-the-line graphics cards, some of my games, which aren't even extremely graphical intensive (like Miscreated, Cities: Skylines, etc) lag and stutter when a lot is on the screen. So I went and did some research, and a lot of people have said upgrading to 16 gigs is necessary in 2018, but it's so expensive, others have said a new CPU like an i7 is ideal. Which should I get? It's one or the other, as RAM is EXTREMELY expensive right now.